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Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham. Medinaceli (Soria), 1248 - Peñafiel (Valladolid), 1325. Kabbalist, exegete. Although born in Medinaceli, his longest residence was in Segovia. Between 1272 and 1274 he was a disciple of Abraham Abulafia, being greatly influenced by his prophetic tendencies, in such a way that the latter came to consider him a continuator of his school. Gikatilla was a prolific writer; he wrote his first work when he was only twenty-six years old, the Ginnat 'egoz. It is a kabbalistic treatise structured in three parts. As a kabbalist, Gikatilla dealt with mystical combinations and transpositions of letters and numbers, as is reflected in his extensive work. Gikatilla was not an adversary of Philosophy, quite the contrary; he tried to reconcile Philosophy and Kabbalah. But, undoubtedly, his great work is centered on mysticism. His work Sa're 'orah (Gates of Light), propagated certain ideas of the Zohar; even the initial title, Sefer ha-ora (Book of Light), sounds like a paraphrase of Sefer ha-zohar (Book of Splendor). It was heavily criticized by Samuel of Acre in his ""Me'irat 'Enayyim"", for the abuse of the Holy name.

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